Email prank goes wrong!?

[emzie]

I'm usually all nihilistic and stuff, but you really crossed a line there. If I were your uncle, I'd have your ass in court for the lost time the IT team spent on that and a slap-on-the-wrist fine for the stress you caused.

And then I wouldn't be sending you jack for Christmas.

Want to make amends? Show you understand how seriously you could have messed up his life. Offer to pay restitution to the lost time IT spent on that. ect ect

 

[Civfan333]

well, I thought it was funny, but using THAT kind of crime went a little too far imo...

 

[Defiant47]

I'm putting my vote in for way too far, and for the ways to make it funny (especially the non-corporate e-mail address). When in doubt, don't do it.

 

[emzie]

Also, how well do you know your uncle? Something like this could be funny if played before friends (and the prank is ended quickly after, not allowing the victim to suffer in anxiety for too long); but never on someone you don't know well and NEVEREVER if you don't end the ruse quickly.

 

[Civfan333]

now I suggest just sucking up to him and like waiting on his hand and foot....that is if he ever comes over again.

 

[Defiant47]

Oh, and also, his impression of you is now extremely destroyed for a long time. Just a heads up.

 

[Gooblah]

I think (actually, I know) that crossed the line, man. If you emailed that to your uncle's Workplace, then holy crap is he in a lotta trouble. He'll have to personally foot the bill for the IT Team (they do this in a few companies), and his job is probably at risk (how do you explain to your manager that this is a prank, not a true incident?). I suggest you:

a) apologize profusely.
b) pay for the IT Team.
c) talk (or try to talk) to him about the incident to emphasize your shame.
d) get ready for no presents for a longggg time from him (though if he really cares about you ! and it sounds like he does ~ he should accept the apology).

 

[Neomega]

You should have made it was more obviously a joke, by putting in details, that included farm animals and aliens, towards the end.

What you sent, was actually very bad, and I'd be really pissed too, because there is no indication its just a joke.

 

[Perfection]

Yeah, just send him an email (or a letter) about what a lardhead you were and that you never intended this to be more than a harmless joke, which retrospectively it wasn't. You're a teen so you should be allowed some slack for being stupid, and you two will probably share a beer over this when you've been out in the real world for awhile.

 

[GinandTonic]

Yeah, just send him an email (or a letter) about what a lardhead you were and that you never intended this to be more than a harmless joke, which retrospectively it wasn't. You're a teen so you should be allowed some slack for being stupid, and you two will probably share a beer over this when you've been out in the real world for awhile.

Probably when you are bickering over who has to go get the beers this will be brought up. After a period of open hostility, there will be years of it always being your turn to do the petty errands.

 

[Perfection]

Probably when you are bickering over who has to go get the beers this will be brought up. After a period of open hostility, there will be years of it always being your turn to do the petty errands.

Oh yeah, ge's going to be sore about it for a good while, but after a few years after he see how much Nobody has matured he probably won't hold it against him. I've pulled some nasty things on my uncles when I was a kid that they don't hold against me any more (partially because they have kids now who act far worse then I ever did).

 

[mangxema]

That is quite possibly the dumbest thing you could have ever done.

 

[emzie]

Oh yeah, ge's going to be sore about it for a good while, but after a few years after he see how much Nobody has matured he probably won't hold it against him. I've pulled some nasty things on my uncles when I was a kid that they don't hold against me any more (partially because they have kids now who act far worse then I ever did).

My uncle just about killed me in Alaska... but since he paid for the flight and put us up in a B+B he owned, I can't hold it against him.

 

[aelf]

Just to be cool, I think that is damn funny and brilliant. And here, let me draw some swastikas. Peace, dude. Stalin rocks. May you kill live long and kill 10 billion people.

By the way, I'm nihilistic. Gravitating towards fascism, though.

 

[Chieftess]

what do you guys think?

If it were here in the US, you'd probably be needing a lawyer soon (i.e., the company would probably sue for damages on behalf of the employee and/or company's reputation that was potentially ruined. I think there's even a couple of laws against that sort of thing here.). Granted, it also reads like those email scams that were floating around a few months or years ago (fake emails stating the person commited a crime).

I think you should start by writing a letter of apology to your uncle, and another to the company.

 

[Hygro]

dear god if there's any crime accusation that ruins peoples lives its children-related sex crimes. You owe him the biggest in person and written apology ever. The man, even if he knew from the get go it was intended as a harmless prank (say you guys have a history of practical jokes, and he was aware of the obviously fake email address) still probably got very scared that someone else would find it and not know it was a joke and freak out and have it spiral out of control.

 

[lutzj]

Not a single "Good one!" replys... man i screwed up if civfanatics people dont see the funny side.

What's the funny side of "committing lewd acts in the presence of a minor"? You should have accused him of something else more silly/clever, like online impersonation, raping tortillas, walking under ladders...

 

[amadeus]

What's the funny side of "committing lewd acts in the presence of a minor"?

 

[Hygro]

 

[Perfection]

YAY! Pedo parade!